A newspaper reported that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools was planning to look into conflicting statements by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A top official at the agency later told the university she was âsorry for any anxiety the article caused.â

They are propelling a reckoning with slaveryâs legacy on campuses, in cities, at companies. What Hilary Beckles is doing represents the next step. Itâs the marshaling of scholarship for a political aim: payback.

Historians are asking new questions as America confronts its past. Download this booklet to read about their work, the conversations theyâve started, and whatâs next in the movement for reparations.